"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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I will like to know some of your takes on such a subject.
Currently touching 2 months in my LTR and as you know V Day is around the corner and her birthday is next month as well.

Personally , I usually start to gift after about 6 months in ; by then it's not seen as buying her love or sex but she feels like she waited and earned it. However in the past I have not been faced with such short and tight schedule. I can't be the ass hole that doesn't give nothing on VDAY and her birthday as well.

I was thinking a simple card on VDAY and dinner. Then for her birthday which is exactly a month after I'm actually lost as to go the simple route again or find something special ?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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In my experience the "better" I treat a girl (not by being a wimp, but by being decent etc.) the faster and worse the decline is. Maybe other guys have different experiences. If I wanted things to last with a girl I'd pay to not buy her a gift, but that's me. The only situation I'd ever get a gift for a girl in would be an inexpensive token connected to an emotional high I gave her, which I still wouldn't give if I didn't know for sure that the frame is mine. I don't really get why guys want to spend money on girls in the first place? the less validation and money you spend on her, the better.
 
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Why not cook a meal together on Valentine's Day? Its personal, can be relatively inexpensive, intimate, keeps you off the road & out of the overpriced venues and tells her you value the time together. That and a card seem good to me. For her birthday perhaps you can find an experience to do that you both enjoy, perhaps a concert or performance. Or send her out to have her nails done or get a massage and enjoy a bottle of wine together after. I (as a woman) always prefer experiences over things but that's just one thought. I'm sure there will be other perspectives. I for one (having been in the restaurant/nightclub business) think Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve are horrible nights to go out. Everything is ridiculously overpriced and everywhere is crowded with folks who never get out of the house. Enjoy each other. That's the important thing anyway.
 
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Only YOU know the type of rapport and connection you have with the girl. Only YOU know the type of personality she has..

It's hard to give advice in these type of situations to be honest man.. 6 months in.. is a pretty long time. You'll be alright man. It's not a chess game..

I think @BeExcellent gave some decent advice.
 

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In my experience the "better" I treat a girl (not by being a wimp, but by being decent etc.) the faster and worse the decline is. Maybe other guys have different experiences. If I wanted things to last with a girl I'd pay to not buy her a gift, but that's me. The only situation I'd ever get a gift for a girl in would be an inexpensive token connected to an emotional high I gave her, which I still wouldn't give if I didn't know for sure that the frame is mine. I don't really get why guys want to spend money on girls in the first place? the less validation and money you spend on her, the better.
Pretty much this ^^^^
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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In my experience the "better" I treat a girl (not by being a wimp, but by being decent etc.) the faster and worse the decline is. Maybe other guys have different experiences. If I wanted things to last with a girl I'd pay to not buy her a gift, but that's me. The only situation I'd ever get a gift for a girl in would be an inexpensive token connected to an emotional high I gave her, which I still wouldn't give if I didn't know for sure that the frame is mine. I don't really get why guys want to spend money on girls in the first place? the less validation and money you spend on her, the better.
I back this up too and I've experienced what he said.

Personally, I would say don't buy anything for her on Valentine's Day.

If she throws a tantrum or gives you stick about it, then she has just exposed herself.
 
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